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The Roman Catholic Lectionary makes use of texts from 1 Maccabees 1 to 6, along with texts from 2 Maccabees 6 and 7, in the weekday readings for the 33rd week in Ordinary Time, in year 1 of the two-year cycle of readings, always in November, and as one of the options available for readings for the dedication of an altar and as one of the ...
The Christadelphian Sunday School Union (CSSU) is an organisation which provides lessons, books, magazines and other services for Christadelphian Sunday schools and youth groups. [1] [2] The CSSU provides lessons both for the use of teachers, and also for distance education. Materials are divided for ages 3–6, 7–10, 11-14 and 14+.
1 Maccabees, originally written in Hebrew and only surviving in a Greek translation, it contains an account of the history of the Maccabees from 175 BC until 134 BC. [1] 2 Maccabees, Jason of Cyrene's Greek abridgment of an earlier history which was written in Hebrew, recounts the history of the Maccabees from 176 BC until 161 BC. [1]
According to 1 Maccabees, Antiochus banned many traditional Jewish and Samaritan [15] religious practices: he made possession of the Torah a capital offense and burned the copies he could find; [25] [26] sabbaths and feasts were banned; circumcision was outlawed, and mothers who circumcised their babies were killed along with their families ...
Books of the Maccabees (2 C, 17 P) C. Cultural depictions of the Maccabees (6 P) M. Judas Maccabeus (19 P) ... This page was last edited on 4 January 2022, at 21:25 ...
[78] [68] The reference to "troops" that will "destroy the city and the sanctuary" in verse 26b is somewhat problematic since neither Jerusalem nor the temple were actually destroyed, [79] though the city was arguably rendered desolate and the temple defiled (cf. 1 Maccabees 1:46; 2 Maccabees 6:2), [78] [79] and Daniel's language of destruction ...
Gov. Phil Murphy penned a letter to President Joe Biden Friday, and said the drones have “raised more questions than answers,” and that the lack of transparency was fueling online conspiracy ...
The Battle of Beth Zur is recorded in the books of 1 Maccabees (1 Maccabees 4:26–35), 2 Maccabees (2 Maccabees 11:1–15), and Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews Book 12, Chapter 7. The main point of divergence is timing: according to 1 Maccabees, Lysias initiated an expedition, was defeated at Beth Zur, Jerusalem was taken, the Second Temple ...